My husband is a big fan the Idiot’s Guide books–no jokes! My Love Thursday post is about my husband, known on this blog as Coach Dad. He’s a good husband, good dad, and all-around good guy. He has turned a…
Author: Jill Berry
Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.
Pediatric Cancer Sucks
There aren’t words to describe how absolutely awful pediatric cancer is. Natalie shared her thoughts. Sums up my feelings entirely. https://canicontrolmylifeificantcontrolmyhair.blogspot.com/2009/01/anguish.html A friend of a friend’s son has neuroblastoma, possibly the pediatric cancer with the worst prognosis. I keep up-to-date…
What Works For Me Wednesday
Short and sweet. What Works for Me is that even though we have various gaming systems and handheld devices and DVDs in our house, my 5-year-old can still have fun with a cardboard box. He took that box in to…
Wordless Wednesday/Wordful Wednesday: Stupid
For more WordLESS Wednesday link action, go to https://www.5minutesformom.com/ Why did my 12-year-old use her brother’s LeapPad letters to spell “STUPID,” then take a photograph? She thought it was a fun thing to do. I found many photos of household…
Tuesday’s Movie for Folding Laundry: Gosford Park
I’m starting a new feature over here at Mom on the Run Chronicles: Tuesday’s Movie for Folding Laundry. I’m going to attempt to place the movies I review in some sort of sidebar. Wish me luck…love my blogging, but find…
Terps, Redskins, Manchester United: We Support ‘Em All
My friend FireMom over at StopDropandBlog is giving away a Pepsi Super Bowl XLIII prize pack. The pack contains: • 1 football• 1 beverage pail• 1 snack helmet• 2 key chains• 2 hats• 2 t-shirts• 5 Pepsi 24 pack coupons•…
Another Comment on My Complainary Post!
Have I told you how much I love www.complainary.com? A place to vent, complain, rant, rave, sound off…a website designed with me in mind! Here’s my post and the comments… https://www.complainary.com/2008/11/30/how-can-i-control-what-i-eat/#comments
Survived Spa No. 13
This weekend was busy. Crafty Daughter turned 13 today. Her family party was Friday. Her friend party was Saturday. Yesterday she had a volleyball tournament. In lieu of a post, here’s something I wrote for Typeamom: https://typeamom.net/component/option,com_mycontent/Itemid,81/id,1635/task,view/ The first two…
Sweet Giveaway: My Fruit Roll-Ups
Kids love Fruit Roll-Ups. Fruit Roll-Ups have been a lunchbox favorite over the years. If you don’t know what a Fruit Roll-Up, it is a thin sheet of fruit-flavored candy rolled in to a tube shape. My friends at https://www.myfruitrollups.com/…
Focus Friday: Living MY Best Life
Quite a few Facebook friends have been using the phrase “Living my Best Life” to describe their status. I am not sure if this is said tongue in cheek or not. I’m not a huge Oprah fan, but I know…
